Comments on: Preview: Metabo’s WE14-125VS 5 Grinder

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:37:38 +0000

Count me in on the HF $5 deals for these beasts. I don;t even cry if I forget it and leave it at the job when I’m done! A guy I work with claims to have had his HF “junk” for 3 years and it still does the job after going through “hundreds” (his claim) of cutting wheels with it. So, 1 of these fore $200 or 40 of the HF bargains?

By: KMR

KMR — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 00:17:25 +0000

I’ve said it before about angle grinders, just as Old Coot says, the HF $5 specials are durable and I won’t feel bad when they die (none have died yet - although one is stuck in the on position, but a toggles switch fixed that)

By: fred

fred — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:53:52 +0000

We do quite a bit of granite and stone work – and really like the Makita 9565CV Variable speed 5 inch grinder and its cousin the Makita PW5001C 4 inch stone polisher. While the Makita polisher is not up to the Galeski Polifox 1600 that we also use – you can but about 6 Makitas for 1 Polifox
We do most of our stone grinding, polishing and core drilling using these machines.
We are also thinking about buying the new Dia-Pro edging machine that uses the 9565CV as its “engine”.

By: Old Coot

Old Coot — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 16:43:13 +0000

In my world these critters are treated with brutality; usually when I need one it’s to do something wet and dirty. They are one of the very few power tools I buy at Harbor Fright; cheap and discardable when they fail. I do, however store them in a separate area, far away from my Milwaukee stuff; don’t want them making friends with each other.